"Suppression of freedom of speech, of expression, reaches its savage ultimate in the murder of a writer. Anna Politkovskaya refused to lie in her work; her murder is a ghastly act, and an attack on world literature."
-Nadine Gordimer
"Like all great investigative reporters, Anna Politkovskaya brought forward human truths that rewrote the official story. We will continue to read her, and learn from her, for years."
-Salman Rushdie
"It is a blow to the entire democratic, independent press. It is a grave crime against the country, against all of us."
-Mikhail Gorbachev